hella

See also: Hella, hellä, Hellä, and hella-

English

Etymology 1

Related to "a hell of a". Originally Northern California slang. Compare helluv, helluva.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛl.ə/

Determiner

hella

(slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier, signifies an abundance of a thing; much or many.
There are hella people here.
- 2016, Ashly Burch as Chloe Price, Life Is Strange, Dontnod Entertainment, Square Enix:
  Now, let’s talk bidness.
  I got nothing for you.
  Wrong. You got hella cash.

Synonyms

(intensifier; much or many): mad

Pronoun

hella

(slang, chiefly Northern California) A lot; or, a hell of a lot.
We paid hella for that Chinese cuisine.

Adverb

hella (not comparable)

(slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier (modifies verbs); to a large extent; totally; very much.
I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track.

Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it.

Oh, today's Cyrell's bday. We hella sang her happy birthday at the spot.
- 2016, Hannah Telle as Max Caulfield; Ashly Burch as Chloe Price, Life Is Strange, Dontnod Entertainment, Square Enix:
  You’re right. We hella deserve it. Splish splash!
  Did you actually just say "hella"? I think I’m a good bad influence on you.
(slang, chiefly US) Intensifier (modifies adjectives); to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.
I guess she seems hella stoned in her commercial.

I've been a Star Wars fan since I was hella young.
- 2014, Taylor Swift, "Shake It Off":
  "And to the fella over there / With the hella good hair / Won't you come on over, baby / We can shake, shake, shake"
- 2016, Ashly Burch as Chloe Price, Life Is Strange, Dontnod Entertainment, Square Enix:
  The storm got hella crazy and… and you said we would be safe at the lighthouse.

Synonyms

(extremely, modifies adjectives): wicked (especially northeastern US)

Interjection

hella

(slang, chiefly Northern California) For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.
"We definitely rocked that shit man!" "Hella!"

Related terms

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:hella.

Etymology 2

Shortened form, or elision, of phrases like "hell have", approximating casual speech in writing.

Contraction

hella

(nonstandard) Hell have.
Where the hella you been?

References

Waksler, Rachelle (San Francisco State University), "A HELLA New Specifier".

Anagrams

Halle

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish häll.

Noun

hella

range (for cooking)
oven

Declension

Inflection of hella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		hella	hellat
genitive		hellan	hellojen
partitive		hellaa	helloja
illative		hellaan	helloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hella	hellat
accusative	nom.	hella	hellat
accusative	gen.	hellan	hellat
genitive		hellan	hellojen hellain^rare
partitive		hellaa	helloja
inessive		hellassa	helloissa
elative		hellasta	helloista
illative		hellaan	helloihin
adessive		hellalla	helloilla
ablative		hellalta	helloilta
allative		hellalle	helloille
essive		hellana	helloina
translative		hellaksi	helloiksi
instructive		—	helloin
abessive		hellatta	helloitta
comitative		—	helloineen

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛtla/
Rhymes: -ɛtla

Noun

Concrete paver blocks in a circular pattern.

hella f (genitive singular hellu, nominative plural hellur)

paving stone, slab, paver
Að leggja hellur.
To pave.

Declension

declension of hella

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular		plural
nominative	hella	hellan	hellur	hellurnar
accusative	hellu	helluna	hellur	hellurnar
dative	hellu	hellunni	hellum	hellunum
genitive	hellu	hellunnar	hella/hellna	hellanna/hellnanna

Derived terms

eldunarhella (a hob)
fá hellu fyrir eyrun (to get one's ears stopped up)
fyrri neðan allar hellur
hella niður
hellanleiki (pourability)
helluleggja
rafmagnssteikingarhella (electric griddle grill)
steypt hella (cast stone, concrete paving unit)
suðuhella (boiling ring)

Verb

hella (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hellti, supine hellt)

(transitive, governs the dative) to pour
Ég hellti öllu gosinu þínu.
I poured all your soda.

Conjugation

hella — active voice (germynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að hella
supine (sagnbót)		hellt
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		hellandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég helli	við hellum	present (nútíð)	ég helli	við hellum
	þú hellir	þið hellið		þú hellir	þið hellið
	hann, hún, það hellir	þeir, þær, þau hella		hann, hún, það helli	þeir, þær, þau helli

past (þátíð)	ég hellti	við helltum	past (þátíð)	ég hellti	við helltum
	þú helltir	þið helltuð		þú helltir	þið helltuð
	hann, hún, það hellti	þeir, þær, þau helltu		hann, hún, það hellti	þeir, þær, þau helltu

imperative (boðháttur)	hell (þú)	hellið (þið)
	helltu	helliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

hellast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að hellast
supine (sagnbót)		hellst
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		hellandist the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég hellist	við hellumst	present (nútíð)	ég hellist	við hellumst
	þú hellist	þið hellist		þú hellist	þið hellist
	hann, hún, það hellist	þeir, þær, þau hellast		hann, hún, það hellist	þeir, þær, þau hellist

past (þátíð)	ég helltist	við helltumst	past (þátíð)	ég helltist	við helltumst
	þú helltist	þið helltust		þú helltist	þið helltust
	hann, hún, það helltist	þeir, þær, þau helltust		hann, hún, það helltist	þeir, þær, þau helltust

imperative (boðháttur)	hellst (þú)	hellist (þið)
	hellstu	hellisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

helltur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	helltur	hellt	hellt	helltir	helltar	hellt
accusative (þolfall)	helltan	hellta	hellt	hellta	helltar	hellt
dative (þágufall)	helltum	helltri	helltu	helltum	helltum	helltum
genitive (eignarfall)	hellts	helltrar	hellts	helltra	helltra	helltra

weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
weak declension (veik beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	hellti	hellta	hellta	helltu	helltu	helltu
accusative (þolfall)	hellta	helltu	hellta	helltu	helltu	helltu
dative (þágufall)	hellta	helltu	hellta	helltu	helltu	helltu
genitive (eignarfall)	hellta	helltu	hellta	helltu	helltu	helltu

Derived terms

hella í
hella niður
hella sér yfir
hella upp á, hella upp á könnuna

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

hellen

Noun

hella m, f

definite feminine singular of helle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hella f

definite singular of helle

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